“Maniac! Holly fool! Strange…But Dostoevsky’s voice full of nervous strain and passionate excitement, rose above the whispering…So Let It be Strange! Let it even be “holly foolishness”. But let the great idea live on!…” (P.P.405-406) from the book “Dostoevsky, Reminiscences” by Anna Dostoevsky, Translation copyright@ 1975 by Beatrice Stillman, Liveright Publishing Corporation, New York, USA

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The full passage from the Notes to this book reads: (P.P.405-406) “14. Book 3, Chapter 3, “Confession of a Passionate […]